As part of the PANORAMA programme section, we focus on contemporary, original and extremely engaging, full-length genre animated films.
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WHITE PLASTIC SKY
(dir. Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó, Hungary/Slovakia 2023)
2123. Faced with diminishing resources, the human race can only survive through a trade-off: at the age of 50, every citizen is gradually turned into a tree. When Stefan discovers that his beloved wife Nora has voluntarily signed up for donating her own body before her time, he sets out on an adventurous journey to save her at all costs.
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BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN
(dir. Pierre Földes, France/Canada/Netherlands/Luxemburg 2022)
Tokyo, a few days after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Kyoko suddenly leaves her husband after spending five days in a row glued to unfolding earthquake footage on TV. Her helpless husband Komura takes a week’s leave from work and heads north to deliver a box and its unknown contents to two young women. His colleague Katagiri, a simple debt collector by profession and an awkward loner in life, returns home one evening to find a two-metre-tall frog asking for his help to save Tokyo from an imminent earthquake. Through memories, dreams and fantasies, Kyoko, Komura and Katagiri, influenced by their visions of earthquakes – which are manifested as evil willow trees, giant earthworms, secret vows, mysterious boxes and a dark, endless corridor – attempt to rediscover their true selves.
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ATTACK OF THE DEMONS (dir. Eric Power, USA 2019)
The year is 1994... For centuries, a demonic cult has been plotting the destruction of mankind. When a small Colorado town is overrun by a legion of mutating demons, three non-demon hunter friends must use every skill their minds can fathom to stave off the demon apocalypse.
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON
(dir. Dean Fleischer-Camp, USA 2021)
Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a mysterious tragedy. But when a documentary filmmaker discovers them amongst the clutter of his Airbnb, the short film he posts online brings Marcel millions of passionate fans, as well as unprecedented dangers and a new hope at finding his long-lost family.
A beloved character gets his big-screen debut in this hilarious and heartwarming story about finding connection in the smallest corners.
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MARS EXPRESS
(dir. Jérémie Périn, France 2023)
On Mars, two private detectives investigate the disappearance of a young woman. What's the reason Jun Chow, 18-year-old cybernetics student, is being pursued by the police and by murderers? Aline Ruby, and Carlos Rivera, her partner who has been saved in an android following his death 5 years ago, are in a race against time to be the first to find the most wanted girl on Mars.